VMWare

Version

• Linux Control Center = 2.10.X or Higher

• VMWare ESXi = 7.0 U2 or Higher

Requirements

• Access credentials with VMware snapshot permission.

• Hosts in the LCC database previously configured

Overview

The native integration with VMWare Vcenter is classified as a Rollback Item within the scope of Linux Control Center. A Rollback Item generally aims to start a backup task, create a snapshot, recovery point or similar item within the integration scenario, with the aim of ensuring the rollback of a system if a modification generates some unexpected behavior in your technology park.

Whenever one or more actions selected in the integration are called by the LCC, they will trigger the command to create a snapshot, and only after confirmation that the snapshot was successfully created in VMware, the action will be executed.

Objective

This guide provides information and step-by-step instructions for integrating Linux Control Center with the VMware vSphere virtualization system.

VMware Integration with LCC

Integration Configuration

1. Click Config in the left side menu of LCC

1. Click the VMware button

1. Click the Create button

1. Fill in the fields with your environment informationName: Name to identify the integration URL: VMware vSphere URL address Username: User with the environment domain Ex: @vsphere.local Password: Access password GOVC: Defines the binary version for integration with VMware, leave it as is default Default Data Center: Enter the exact name of the VMware Data Center in your environment in this field Ignore SSL: Button to ignore communication with SSL

1. Click Save after entering the data correctly

Connection Test

1. After saving, click Test Connection to perform the connection with VMware and wait for the action to finish

1. You will be able to see the status icon in green, confirming that the connection was successful.

Host Synchronization

1. After the connection is validated, click on the Hosts tab and click on Sync and wait for the synchronization action to finish.

1. After the synchronization is finished, refresh the screen and the hosts will be listed in the Hosts tab of the integration.

Host Selection for Rollback

1. To remove one or more hosts from the snapshot task, uncheck it in the Enable column and click Save. This way, VMware will not create a snapshot of the unchecked hosts when a predefined action is executed in the LCC.

Snapshot Action

1. Click on the Actions tab and select as many actions as you want, so that whenever executed by the LCC, it will send the command to create a snapshot of the machines selected on the Hosts screen

2. Click on Save

Executing the Snapshot Trigger Action

• The action used for demonstration was the Host Ping action

1. Click on Hosts

1. To execute the action on only a single host, select the desired host and click on Actions in the host line

1. To run the action on more than one host, select as many as you want in the box on the left column and click Actions at the top of the page

1. To run the action on all hosts in the LCC database, select the box next to Hostname and click Actions at the top of the page

Scheduling Snapshot Listing

1. On the VmWare integration screen, click the Schedule tab

1. Click Add Schedule

Test Connection: Performs a connection test connection with VmWare to validate the integration Sync Assets: Updates the list of VmWare assets according to the LCC host database

1. Then, define a name for the schedule in the Name field and choose one of the actions in the Action line

By default, the scheduling screen opens with the One Time option, to schedule a single execution at a specific hour, minute and date, as shown in the image below;

1. By checking the Repeatedly box together with Minutes it is possible to execute the action every X defined minutes.

1. Checking the Repeatedly box together with the Daily option allows you to run the action every day, every X hours and X minutes.

1. Checking the Repeatedly box together with the Advanced option allows you to choose the custom schedule, where you can choose the hour, minute, day of the week, day of the month and the desired month.

1. After creating and saving a schedule, you can pause it if necessary by clicking Disable and monitor the status of whether it is enabled or not in the Active column.

1. The Next Run column displays when the next run will be and the Last Run column displays when the last run was. The Count column counts how many times the schedule has been run.

1. You can also delete a schedule by clicking the trash can icon next to the Disable/Enable button.

Snapshot Validation

• You can validate if the snapshot was successfully created in Vmware by LCC.

1. Click on Hosts

1. Click on the Host where you performed the action.

1. Click on the ROLLBACK tab and click on SYNC

• The host's snaphost will appear in Rollback Items with the description Created By LCC